Happy New Year. This is the fifteenth year of the blog. It has run for longer than I would have believed possible when I began it in 2011. Here is another meta poem about writing.
NOTES TO THE READER
I will not tell you how to read this poem
punctuation is not my strong point
besides I would not be so directive
There are no instructions buried within
the pattern of the words on the page
is of my choosing
You must make them
speak inside your own head
or give voice to them wherever you are
I know you have the skill
you have read poems before
you need no map
The poem has been kicking about for some time and is nearly there I think. I truly have no suggestions for how you read my work. Trust your ear and don't expect the first read through to be the best.
Here's the late, great Kevin Ayers.
Until next time.
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